A new study highlights the growing global trend of religious restrictions, whether by means of government action or social trends- limiting regulations are currently affecting three out of every four individuals.
The study, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, is titled “Rising Tide of Restrictions on Religion” and showed that the percentage of the world’s population that was affected by restrictions on religion increased to 75 percent. That’s up from 70 percent the previous year.
What is equally disturbing is the rise of various countries around the globe that have enacted stricter laws governing the observances of practices of faith. The study found that the percentage of countries who adopted such measures increased from 31 percent to 37 percent.
Read More at global.christianpost.com . By Myles Collier.
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The War on Religion is indeed gaining ground….I and others have been watching it for some years…I pray daily…Now the Pope is declaring it “The Year of Faith”…There will be a great awakening…I pray. We have been silent too long and God will not be mocked.